Longmont newspaper Longmont, Colorado 02-23-02 Helen Margeret Carlson of Longmont died Monday, Feb. 18, 2002, at Life Care Center of Longmont. She was 91. She was born April 29, 1910, to John Oscar and Jessie (Bukey) Hanson in McPherson, Kan., where she grew up. She was married briefly to Fred Church in McPherson in 1926. In 1937, she married George "Cash" Carlson in Kansas. They moved to Longmont in 1947. Mrs. Carlson attended Christ Congregational Church. She enjoyed life and being around other people. She loved playing games with her family and taking rides in the countryside. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1953; a daughter and son-in-law, Wynne and Jack Rodelander; a brother, Harold Hanson; three sisters, Bernice Fagerquist, Mildred Gregery and Rosalene Schafer; and a grandchild, Sloan Carlson. Mrs. Carlson is survived by two sons, George Carlson and his wife Joyce of Los Alamos, N.M., and Bruce Carlson and his wife Beth of Glendale, Ariz.; a daughter, Phyllis Schlagel and her husband Robert of Johnstown; nine grandchildren, Jean Rodelander of Augusta, Kan., John Rodelander and Linda Wiley of Omaha, Neb., Dana Bachman and her husband Dave, Tom Schlagel and his wife Jil, Charles Schlagel and his wife Veronica and Cherie Schlagel, all of Johnstown, Ben Carlson of Sausalito, Calif., Julie and Chad Zimmerly of Bentonville, Ark., and Ember Carlson of Phoenix; and please do not list number - we are unsure which are actual great-grandchildren and which are spousesgreat-grandchildren, Niki, Christy, Jake, Jaime, Cody, Robert, Jacob, Nyah and Cash. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 2002, at Christ Congregational Church, with the Rev. Ed Zimmerman officiating. A memorial service will also be held in McPherson at a later date. Cremation has been held at Ahlberg Chapel and Crematory. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or a charity of the donor's choice in care of Ahlberg Funeral Chapel, 326 Terry St., Longmont 80501. Back